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Discover the cities with Google Street View
Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps introduced in 2007 that provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level. When it was launched on May 25, 2007, only five cities were included. It has since expanded to 23 cities, and includes the suburbs of many, and in some cases, other nearby cities.
Google Street View, when operated, displays photos that were previously taken by a camera mounted on an automobile, and can be navigated using either the arrow keys on the keyboard or by using the mouse to click on arrows displayed on the screen. Using these devices, the photos can be viewed in different sizes, from any direction, and from a variety of angles. Lines that are displayed along the street that is shown indicate the direction followed by that street.
Google has stated that its ultimate goal is to provide street views of the entire world, although the company has not disclosed in advance the exact dates when any particular locations will be added.
Add comment 17 mars 2008
CouchSurfing, or how to travel differently!
This is the testimonial of a couchsurfer:
Ever wanted to have a local travel guide everywhere in the world? Here’s something I ran into about an year ago and have fallen in love with ever since. It’s called CouchSurfing and it’s an online community of travel-loving people. Officially, “CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit“. Unofficially, it’s a belief-system… a way of life… and a passion that has overcome roughly half a million people from 225 countries… and the numbers just keep on increasing by roughly 1000 per day! (I know since I now volunteer on the site, sending welcome messages to new members or as we call ourselves, CouchSurfers)
Broadly, when you sign up, you define ways in which you would be willing to help travellers to your city – offering your couch and hosting travellers at your home or showing them around, meeting them for a cup of coffee or a drink, or simply offering them suggestions on places to visit, stay, eat and/or party while they are in your city. Likewise, when you travel to a new destination (or an old one, but in a different way), you can seek the help of local CouchSurfers for the same.
Already, I have hosted more than 10 people from all over (US, Mexico, India, Slovenia, Germany, Spain…) and have met numerous other wonderful people through regular CS meetings and it has been and amazing experience. I even managed to find a couch for myself in Ahmedabad where this guy let me sleep over at his place after knowing me for less than a couple of hours. Overall, a wonderful experience…so, the next time you’re planning a trip, do give CouchSurfing a thought… definitely worth a try. And if you do, don’t forget to let me know how it went…
Posted by shilpv on http://shilpv.wordpress.com/ , thanks !
Add comment 11 mars 2008
When the dollar decreases, US tourism is happy!
The euro breaks a new record and the American professionals of tourism are smiling, hoping that the weakness of the dollar will encourage more visits to the United States.
Four days of unrestrained shopping in New York for less than 800 euros? It is possible! Flight, overnightsnight stays and excursion in a shopping mall included. It is also possible to find nights in a hotel hotel in Las Vegas starting from 14 euros per anybody and of the circuits in Florida starting from 300 euros.
For this reason United States are for the moment a real success. And the European tourists are all welcome as the economy of the country is far from to be good. Moreover, they supply their strongcurrency and they spend more regardless of costs than the American tourists.
However, in the United States, the profession it is not so optimistic because the number of visitors of the other side of the Atlantic still did not find its level of before the attacks of September 11.
posted by nicolas nys for tourismtobe
Add comment 10 mars 2008
Where and when to go?
You want to go somewhere but you do not know if you will have good weather. You want to travel to a sunny destination but you do not know where. Here is a sympathetic site [fr] , for our French-speaking friends…
posted by nicolas nys for tourismtobe
Add comment 2 mars 2008
